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During an attempt to do what he does best — kill anyone who gets in his way — Jason Voorhees falls into a trap devised by the US Government. Military agents spend a couple of minutes pouring bullets into the Crystal Lake Killer before using a well-placed explosive device to make him rest in pieces.

But not even death can stop Jason Voorhees.

During the autopsy of (what remains of) his remains, Jason's dead heart beats on its own; the medical examiner is driven to eat it, and this allows Jason to possess the poor bastard — and anyone who gets in his way. As "Jason" makes his way back to Crystal Lake, a spotlight-hungry bounty hunter warns the town about the undead killer's true goal: Jason must possess a member of the Voorhees bloodline to fully reincarnate...and a number of Voorhees family members conveniently live near the ill-fated lake.

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Jason tried to drag these tropes to Hell with him; as you can see, he failed:

Asshole Victim: Robert, as he stole the corpse of his girlfriend's mother and planned to use it for a trashy exposé on Jason in a television show.

Autopsy Snack Time: the medical examiner gulps a soda while he records his findings. The second coroner who walks in on the now-Voorhees-possessed examiner is carrying a pizza, and was presumably intending to eat it right there in the autopsy room.

Badass Bystander: Vicki is the most awesome waitress in all fiction, valiantly whooping Jason's ass with a shotgun and then a barbeque skewer to protect the patrons of her diner. She even gets a defiant last line in before he crushes her head.

"Go to hell!"

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Beat Still, My Heart: Jason's heart continues beating for a while when he is blown apart. The trouble starts when it starts beating again in the morgue.

Death by Cameo: Kane Hodder appears without the Jason regalia as an FBI agent guarding the morgue, who cracks wise that Jason "was just big ol' pussy". Little does he know that Jason, possessing the coroner, is right next to him.

The cameos of Los Angeles radio hosts Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps, who play the deputies that get their heads smashed together.

Heroic Sacrifice: After Jason manages to be reborn through Diana, Duke handcuffs himself to him to buy more time for Steven and Jessica.

Along with Vicki, who impaled possessed Robert with a giant skewer and ends up getting impaled herself by him, in order to also buy more time for them.

Homoerotic Subtext: Before possessing Josh, Jason takes the time to strip him, bind him, and shave off his mustache. Director Adam Marcus admitted that the gay vibes were intentional.

I'm Melting!: When Jason swaps bodies, the former one rots to the bone.

It's Personal: It is not stated outright what exactly happened, but Duke clearly has a bone to pick with Jason.

Duke: Remember me?

Well, in a early version of the script, it was to be revealed that many years before, Jason killed a younger Duke's fiance while the two were at Crystal Lake, resulting in Duke wanting revenge.

Jawbreaker: Joey dies when possessed Robert elbows her jaw into her skull.

Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Caustic and foulmouthed Joey B., who also loves her husband very much and refused to hand an infant over to her parents on the basis that one of them was a likely suspect in the death of the child's grandmother.

Just Hit Him: Jason probably could have punched Steven's heart out during the finale, but he seemed to enjoy throwing him around and hitting him with a stick instead.

Mama Bear: Joey B., exemplified in a scene where she refuses to hand Stephanie back to Jessica because she's with Steven, who at that point was suspected of murdering Jessica's mother. It's also implied that she let Vicki keep Stephanie at the diner to protect her in case Steven showed up once she heard he was on the run.

Mirror Scare: A character prominently walks in front of a mirror... and nothing happens, averting the trope. She then turns around, facing Jason who was just outside of mirror's reflective surface.

Modesty Towel: The lady Jason chases in the opening throws one on when Jason interrupts her bath. Amazingly, she manages to keep the towel on during the chase.

Oh, Crap!: Protagonists' reaction when the Jason-slug hides in the basement, and Steven remembers that Diana's (Jason's sister) corpse is in there.

Steven: Duke! The part about being reborn through a Voorhees woman, does it have to be a living woman?

Duke: No....

Steven: Duke, that thing is in the basement with Jessica's dead mother!

Duke: Holy mother of God. (Reborn Jason jumps through the floor)

While its difficult to tell by his mask, Jason's body language during the FBI sting at the beginning implies this is his reaction, particularly to the airstrike that finishes it up.

Orifice Invasion: This is how Jason changes bodies. And not just oral wise, in the case of Diana's corpse if you get my drift, and she's his half-sister.EW.

Papa Wolf: Steven. The very second he finds out he is a father, and that not only is Jessica in danger of Jason, but their daughter is. He later gets crazy and holds his own against the newly resurrected Jason. The following dialogue says it best.

Pants-Positive Safety: When Ward puts a pistol given by his mother Joey in his pants, she tells him take it out.

Joey: Honey, watch the willy.

Ward: Ma!

Police are Useless: Inverted big time at the beginning. The FBI are taking Jason dead seriously and take no chances, assaulting him with a small army's worth of firepower and finally an airstrike. It doesn't keep him down once and for all, but at least they actually managed to kill Jason for once.

Reality Ensues: The government finally takes notice of the indestructible Serial Killer running loose. As a result, Jason goes up against a small army of FBI agents that are actually taking him dead seriously. Instead of fighting out of it and killing them all, Jason is gunned down and blown to bits. Being this is how the movie starts, reality takes a back seat after that, but still.

Sarcasm Mode: Duke is told to tell first thing that comes to his mind from the words "Jason Voorhees" during his television interview, and he responds with this:

Well, that made me think of a little girl in pink dress, sticking a hot dog through a donut.

Less obviously, a dog approaches and sniffs the hockey mask left discarded where Jason was dragged into Hell, in a nod (and possible Take That!) to how Freddy arose from a comparable unmarked burial site in his 4th film. Unlike in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, this dog just walks away.

Staggered Zoom: Used on Diana's eyes when she sees Jason's reflection from a mirror.

Stopped Numbering Sequels: Since New Line Cinema didn't acquire the Friday the 13th title from Paramount, they had to resort to "Jason something" titles for this and later installments.

There Is No Kill Like Overkill: The FBI definitely weren't taking chances with Jason. The first shot fired is a head shot, followed by a small army's worth of concentrated fire from everything from pistols to shotguns to machine guns for about a minute, finished up with an airstrike. It doesn't permanently kill him, but they gave it a really good shot.

¡Three Amigos! - The three teen campers who hitchhike to Camp Crystal Lake in order to celebrate Jason's official death. Luke, his brunette girlfriend Deborah, and her blonde friend Alexis.

This Was His True Form: Jason gets blown up at the beginning and spends almost the entire movie afterward as a little sludgy black eel monster, which Creighton Duke implies is his true form.

Wham Shot: Jason is finally defeated and is sent to Hell, leaving only his mask behind. Suddenly, Freddy Kruger's hand bursts from the ground and pulls Jason's mask down with him.

Your Head A-Splode: In the uncut version, after impaling Vicki, Jason proceeds to crush her skull between his hands until he pops her head like a zit.

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